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Re: REPACK and naming

Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> — 2025-09-17T12:54:47Z

On Wed, 17 Sept 2025, 03:01 Robert Haas, <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
> wrote:
> > Peter E suggested that since we have REINDEX to rewrite indexes, then
> > the command to rewrite tables should be RETABLE.  I haven't been able to
> > get myself to like that idea, and also I think that was a bit
> > tongue-in-cheek, but if you like RETABLE better than REPACK, then maybe
> > we can have a vote to decide which one of those names to use.  However,
> > I don't think that change would make a tremendous difference, and also I
> > don't think RETABLE is enough of an English name to become a command
> > name.
>
> I think RETABLE is not a proposal to be taken seriously. That's
> extremely confusing.
>
> I don't love the name REPACK, but I think it's good enough. If we come
> up with something better, great.
>

COMPACT?

Thom

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